October 26. "Go Out into the Highways and Compel them to Come In" (Luke xiv. 23). "Go out into the highways and compel them to come in" (Luke xiv. 23). In the great parable in the fourteenth chapter of Luke, giving an account of the great supper an ancient lord prepared for his friends and neighbors, and to which, when they asked to be excused, he invited the halt and the lame from the city slums and the lepers from outside the gate, there is a significant picture and object lesson of the program of Christianity in this age. In the first place, it is obvious to every thoughtful …Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

The Lessons of a Feast'And it came to pass, as He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day, that they watched Him. 2. And, behold, there was a certain man before Him which had the dropsy. 3. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? 4. And they held their peace. And He took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5. And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway …Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture

Cost of Discipleship must be Counted. (Probably Peræa.) ^C Luke XIV. 25-35. ^c 25 Now there went with him great multitudes [he had hitherto spent but little time in Peræa, and the people were availing themselves of this opportunity to see and hear him]: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. ["Hateth," as used here, is an example of phenomenal speech, …J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Increasing Progression of Enthusiasm and of Exaltation. It is clear that such a religious society, founded solely on the expectation of the kingdom of God, must be in itself very incomplete. The first Christian generation lived almost entirely upon expectations and dreams. On the eve of seeing the world come to an end, they regarded as useless everything which only served to prolong it. Possession of property was interdicted.[1] Everything which attaches man to earth, everything which draws him aside from heaven, was to be avoided. Although several of …Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus

Cross References

Proverbs 9:2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Matthew 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

Luke 14:17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'